I think the decision on what the MKII should or should not be, was made months before we even knew about it. And I'm confident Elektron hasn't looked back since. They've been clear what the MKII is and also what it's not.

I would imagine the MKII is about done and finished. It goes through QA, and they can't do a Digitakt on this one and just ship it then fix it, cause the Octatrack's been out for years, they have most likely thousands of Octatrak MKI users that will upgrade, learm the new machine in an hour and then put it to work in studio and on stage.

You can't have the Digitakt scenario there, where it crashes and behaves and an update weeks later fixes about half of the first batch of issues. This is a pro piece of gear that's worked its way into workflows and performances all over the world. It has no grace period. It needs to be rock solid from launch, or Elektron's rep of shaky QA will take an even deeper hit.

Again, I'm guessing, but I think they're looking for all the unknown unknowns still, and only because the MKII can't be any less solid that the MKI. That's their one and only focus. As it should be.

they are not touching the OS at all got a response from Elektron way back at the time i did my Elektron MKII video where they said: "Consider the OT MKII a strict mechanical upgrade". Fredrik Alm was his name.

The new Buttons are shortcuts to existing functions. They dont touch the OS. I can understand your wishful thinkings, but its the way it is Also, the "old" Firmware is non existent, as both MKI and MKII share the same firmware! Watch my Video about this matter over at Youtube. I covered all the official responses from Fredrik Alm there.